Sounds similar to my experiences. I thought Instant Immersion was okay for $10, but only the first disk - the second disk was useless in the same way as Rosetta Stone.
--- In [email protected], herry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've tried Rosetta Stone and Instant Immersion Japanese. You should > avoid Instant Immersion, because it's full of worthless apps. > Rosetta Stone is painfully slow. It doesn't teach you any grammar at > all. The software presents you with 4 pictures and associated > japanese phrases. You have to properly select the right picture with > the right phrase, the way you'd teach a baby a new language. I found > it frustrating (and boring) since the picture isn't all that obvious > and never having heard a japanese phrase, I couldn't tell the word > boundaries in what's spoken. > > Pimsleur is the only program I found good and useful. > > > > > What computer programs are there out there to learn Japanese, either > > spoken, written, or both? > > > > I've seen Rosetta Stone, which is for speaking, and seems poor. > > > > I've seen Instant Immersion Japanese at Best Buy for $10, and it's > > okay for learning some basic words and phrases. > > > > While not really for the computer, Pimsleur's Japanese is good to > > listen to and learn speaking. > > > > And it seems there are various kana teaching programs out there > > online. > > > > But what else is there that's good, especially for speaking? > > > > Thanks! Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Japanese_Language/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
